Is There Life on Other Planets? A Biblical Answer.
Is there Life
on Other Planets?
A number of years ago there was an internet site that would allow you to have your own website for free and even had a number of webpage templates that you could use to build a pretty good looking site. I had the idea that I would use my site as a Christian witness and began to develop pages with various topics that I had studied over the years. One of the pages that I developed that inspired a lot of discussions was a page discussing some biblical reasons why human life did NOT exist on other planets. I based the study on a question that I asked God many years before about this same subject and started viewing the Bible verses from that perspective. I would like to present that discussion in this paper. Maybe it will inspire you to take a different look at this very popular subject.
If
you were to ask Hollywood if there was life on other planets, they would give a
resounding YES! They have made millions
of dollars portraying this idea in countless movies. Pictured above are some of the modern-day alien
character inventions that have been fed to worldwide audiences. Some of them are gentle in nature, some of
them cross the border very quickly between science fiction to horror! I guess you could say that in the absence of
any actual physical account of alien life – then people’s imaginations can
run wild as to what this life might look like.
Why is the world fascinated with this idea? Why has this idea continued to remain popular
even though NO actual evidence has ever been found to justify it? Is there a purpose behind this
indoctrination?
NASA
has justified spending billions and billions of dollars with the desperate
desire to discover life somewhere other than earth. I am sure that there have been some side
benefits of the exploration of space, but the driving force behind it, maybe ridiculously
unfounded.
Most
Christians understand that if a person does not acknowledge and accept the Lord
Jesus – then almost anything else in their life can try and take the place of
God in the person’s life. I think that
part of the fascination with finding other life is because they have NOT found
the spiritual dimension to life that has been offered by Christ and still have a desire for the “Great Unknown”.
I
think that we as Christians sometimes get caught up with what the world is
following and start to go along with the crowd.
I would challenge us to wonder if the reason why we are so convinced of
this subject – is because we have bought into the teachings that have been
marketed to us as “entertainment”. Do
you realize the teaching power of the media?
Do you really realize how your principles and ideas and beliefs can be affected
and influenced by the media? Well, that
is a lesson for another day, but for now – let’s get back to the subject at
hand.
Does
the Bible have anything to say about this subject? I don’t know about you, but every time a new
subject comes up in my life, I very frequently think about what the Bible has
to say about it. Sometimes the Bible is
very clear about what stance we should take.
The Bible has a very clear direction on Drunkenness, Homosexuality,
Adultery, Murder, Theft, and many other subjects. There have been other subjects that have come
up, that the Bible provides some guiding principles, but does not give an actual
description. An example of this is
whether a Christian should smoke cigarettes?
There is not a verse in the Bible that specifically talks about whether
to use cigarettes or not, but there is a verse that says that our body is a
temple of the Holy Spirit and that we should not defame the temple. We could, then, use this to show that it is
probably not a good idea to smoke. I
think that taking into account the addictive quality and destructive
consequences of using tobacco, would also motivate most Christians to avoid its
use. I would like you to consider that type of
principle when addressing this subject… so, let’s begin. I would like to give you a list of ideas that
are based on biblical passages that would encourage you to NOT follow the idea of
life on other planets. Please read the
list all the way through and see if it doesn’t appeal to the nature of Christ
within you
(#1)
In the book of Genesis in the Bible, Moses gives a detailed account of God’s
creation of the universe. He describes
God creating the earth and in Chapter 1 and verse 14 through 18 he describes
God creating the rest of the universe including the Sun, the moon, and the
stars. The rest of the account of
creation talks about God creating plant, animal, and then human life on
earth. This account of creation gives NO
mention of God creating life other than on planet earth. So, if you hold to the account of creation
mentioned in the Bible – then you are not given any reason to believe that God
created life on other planets.
Considering the dramatic effects that there being life on other planets
might have –would a loving God withhold this kind of information from us… and
He didn’t.
(#2)
If you continue to read in the book of Genesis, you will read about the account
of God creating Adam and Eve and their decision to disobey God and the
consequences of their actions. In
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15 God puts a plan of action into place that will
one day cost the life of His Son. It
states “And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
(Satan) and her seed (Eve) and it (Jesus – born of a woman) shall bruise thy
head (provide a fatal blow to Satan), and thou shall bruise his heel (cause him
to be killed). This prophecy was
fulfilled in Christ. Jesus offered his
life and suffered and died in order to provide a way for mankind to be restored
to the relationship that Adam and Eve lost due to their sinful choice to
disobey God. What would be the purpose
of God repeating this action on another planet?
If God were to create someone with a “free will”, then this test would
be repeated again and again? What is the
purpose? If the failure of Adam and Eve
was so costly to God – why would He ever want to repeat it? Now, a loving God (and He is), would be
willing to repeat it, but several verses in the Bible state very clearly that
Christ would die ONCE for sin. If there
was life on other planets, then the possibility would exist for this need and
would contradict this verse. If you want
to hold to the idea that Christ would have to suffer again for the sinful
nature of a free-willed creation, then you may be belittling the pain that
Jesus went through to purchase our salvation.
(#3)
In the book of Romans and chapter 6, verse 10 states “For in that he died
unto sin once; but in that he lived, he lived unto God.” This verse states that Jesus died ONCE for
sin. If God did repeat this experiment
on another planet – then Jesus would need to die again and this would violate
this verse. God states that His Word
will never be violated. This is also
mentioned in (Hebrew 7:27), and (1 Peter 3:18).
(#4)
The Bible clearly shows that there are two invisible forces in the world. There is the spiritual forces of God and his
Angels and the spiritual forces of Satan and his demons. It is very clear from scripture that the
characterization of the spiritual forces of God is peace and joy. Whenever the Angels are allowed to appear to
mankind, the first words out of their mouth are “Fear not!” When the Lord appeared to Abram his said
“Fear Not” (Genesis 15:1), when the Angel of God appeared to Hagar, the first
words were “Fear not”, (Genesis 21:17), and when the Angels appeared to Mary,
and to Joseph, and to the Shepherds, the first words out of their mouth was
“Fear not.”
On the other hand, the spiritual forces of Satan are characterized over and over
again in fear and terror and evil and harm.
If
someone on earth experiences some sort of “alien” appearance and the event is
characterized by fear and darkness and dread, and terror, then it should be
pretty obvious which forces are behind the event.
(#5)
God has created us to be intelligent and logical and reasonable people. Think a minute about this thought. Imagine if there was an alien race of people that
were intelligent enough to develop the technology to transport themselves
across the vast universe to reach earth… do you think that for one minute they
would spend their time bothering a bunch of farm folks on the back roads of
Kentucky or Oklahoma, or do you think that they would instead land and knock-on
the door of the Whitehouse, or the Kremlin, or Parliament? Are you kidding me? Wouldn’t shining a bright light and shaking
some backwoods fellas downright disprove their intelligence? And wouldn’t our believing that these people had
an actual alien encounter disprove ours!
(#6) In his book The Late Great Planet Earth,
Hal Lindsey (who is a great Christian teacher and who was an extremely popular
Christian author of the 1970s) stated a reason why our world is so fascinated
by the idea of alien life. He thought
that when Christians are removed from the earth in the future biblical event
known as the Rapture – that the devil will convince the world that the event
was accomplished by aliens and not orchestrated by God. At the time I thought that this was farfetched,
but as the days go by, I think that it might actually be a way for the devil
to deceive quite a lot of people.
(#7)
In Isaiah, it states that the Devil decided to rebel against God, and was
cast out of heaven and sent to the earth (Isaiah 14 starting with verse
12). In Ephesians chapter 2 and verse 2
Satan is called the “prince and power of the air, the spirit that now works in
the children of disobedience.” The devil
was cast out of heaven and allowed to influence the earth for a short period of
time. This might explain the extremely
few UFO events that cannot be shown to be of human origin.
(#8)
The book of Revelation not only described demonic activity on the earth but
predicts that it will increase in the end times. There will be more of this type of activity
and you need to understand its source.
(Revelation 20:7, 16:14, 2:10, 12:12)
(#9)
The idea of ET life may be the Devil’s way of distracting people from the more
important matters of life and we are told to be careful of distractions. (Hebrews 12:1-3)
(#10)
The idea stirs a lot of imagination with NO facts to enforce and the Bible
condemns vain (invaluable) imaginations.
(Genesis 6:5, 8:21, Romans1:21)
(#11)
Most portrayals of ET life are centered around the baser traits of man, which
the Bible describes as sin and we are asked to repent and forsake them, not to
be entertained by them.
I
have described for you the danger of being indoctrinated by the media of the
world to believe that there is life on other planets. I have provided some biblical reasons why you
should consider believing what this life really is. If I was on a back road out in the country
and I pulled up to a stop sign and a bright light shined in my face and the
stop sign and my van started shaking, I think that I would stop a minute and if
I didn’t hear “Fear not”, then I would rebuke it in the name of Jesus and that
would be the end of that.
Please stop spending your time, energy, and money on this fanciful subject, and instead, spend your time thinking about the true realities found in Jesus. (Philippians 4:8) “Finally, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are right, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.
Written by Lee Malden 2014
For more information: email lmalden@hotmail.com
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